Re: md5sum problem

["S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" <smibrahim@gmail.com>]

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On Wednesday 27 September 2006 11:18, Marty wrote:
> S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote:
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> > 3 month ago, i started new net connection.
> > - From then, i am getting a strange problem. i am trying to download some
> > CD. But, bad luck, never md5sum works (not mached) for me. even mpg or
> > wmv files all the time corrupted.
> >
> > my isp use simple windows Xp internet connection sharing.
> > Is the windows connection sharing is the problem ???
>
> Does that mean you are using a VPN or other kind of IP tunneling?  It
> should prevent such problems.
>
i am using this connection for only my personal use.



> > btw, i use only a 128 kbps connection, so i need to use resume to
> > download CD.
>
> What does ifconfig report about your receive error rate?  TCP and UDP alone
> cannot handle high error rates in the data link layer.
>
shanazsoft:/home/ibrahim/works# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:4C:31:46:04
          inet addr:192.168.0.18  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe31:4604/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:37407 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36535 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:342 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:29822080 (28.4 MiB)  TX bytes:9726283 (9.2 MiB)
          Interrupt:209 Base address:0x9000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:9257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:968889 (946.1 KiB)  TX bytes:968889 (946.1 KiB)

shanazsoft:/home/ibrahim/works#

> By my estimate, you would need an error rate of about one packet in seven
> to corrupt a CD-size download.

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